GYMNORHIS.-—PASSER, 199 
Gymnorhis transfuga, Harlert. 
(Plate X. figs. 5-7.) 
Gymnoris flavicollis transfuga, Hartert, Vig. Pal. Faun. pt. u. p. 145 
(1904). 
Gymnorhis transfuga, Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 244 (1909). 
Two clutches of eggs of the Persian Yellow-throated Sparrow 
resemble those of G. flavicollis of the paler and darker types. 
Three eggs from the Persian Gulf are remarkably different from 
the above: in these the ground is cream-colour, thickly mottled 
with minute specks and streaks of pale rufous. Thay measure 
from 68 to °76 in length, and from *50 to 52 in breadth. 
15. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cumming, Esq. Py 
3. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cumming, Esq. iP. 
Genus CARPOSPIZA, Muller. 
Carpospiza brachydactyla (Bonap.). 
(Plate X. fig. 8.) 
Petronia brachydactyla, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 447; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xii. p. 292 (1888); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. 
p. 296 (1902), 
Carpospiza brachydactyla, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun, pt. ii. p. 145 (1904) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 245 (1909). 
Three eggs of the Desert Rock-Sparrow are of a rather pointed 
oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are white, with a few small 
scattered spots and dots of purplish-black or purplish-chocolate. 
They measure from *75 to °78 in length, and from *52 to 67 in 
breadth. 
1. Plains of Sahra, Syria, 7th June Crowley Bequest. 
(H. B. Tristram). 
2. Plains of Sahra, 14th June (H. Crowley Bequest. 
BL): 
Genus PASSER, Briss. 
Passer montanus (Linn.). 
Fringilla montana, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 426, tab. xxxiv. 
fic. 13, a-d (1845-54). 
Passer montanus, Baedeker, Fier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 6 (1855-63) ; 
Hewitson, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 207, pl. lili. figs. 1 & ii (1856) ; 
Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 61; Dresser, Birds Eur, i. p. 597 (1875) ; 
Seebohm § Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 114; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 
ii. p. 69, pl. 13 (1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds BL. M. xii. p. 301 
(1888) [part.]; Oates ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 162 
(1890) [part.;; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427; Seebohm, Eggs of 
Brit. Birds, p. 238, pl. 56, figs. 14 & 15 (1896); Rey, Ler Voy. 
